One of the common mistakes people make concerning Taekwondo is to assume that the self defense techniques consist of the same techniques used in the olympic style sparring. Olympic style sparring is not how the Taekwondo practitioner trains for self defense. We use situational self defense drills, one step sparring, and weapons defense training SEPERATE from our training in sparring and is one aspect of the whole package. There are some schools that teach only olympic style sparring and leaving out other aspects like forms and self-defense.

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